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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Jan-Mar;28(1):16–22. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182a715bc

Table 3.

Association between Midlife Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Error Response NP Outcome Measures

Categorical Outcomes (≥75th vs <75th percentile) Exposure
FSRP Score Age Sex Current Smoking Diabetes Hypertension Prevalent CVD
OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value OR (96% CI) P-value
FAS - % Perseverations 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 0.65 1.04 (1.03–1.05) <0.0001 0.82 (0.65–1.03) 0.09 0.74 (0.53–1.04) 0.08 0.75 (0.44–1.28) 0.30 0.90 (0.69–1.18) 0.46 0.51 (0.28–0.93) 0.03
FAS - % Total Errors 1.01 (0.97–1.05) 0.73 1.04 (1.02–1.05) <0.0001 0.70 (0.55–0.89) 0.003 1.29 (0.95–1.76) 0.11 0.72 (0.42–1.23) 0.22 1.01 (0.77–1.32)* 0.93 0.79 (0.46–1.36) 0.40
Animals - % Perseverations 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 0.99 1.03 (1.01–1.04)* 0.0003 1.27 (1.01–1.60) 0.045 1.08 (0.79–1.47) 0.64 0.62 (0.36–1.09) 0.10 0.98 (0.75–1.29) 0.89 1.48 (0.90–2.44) 0.12
Animals - % Total Errors 0.98 (0.94–1.03) 0.41 1.03 (1.02–1.05)* <0.0001 1.23 (0.97–1.55) 0.09 1.07 (0.78–1.47) 0.66 0.57 (0.32–1.02) 0.06 0.90 (0.69–1.19) 0.47 1.46 (0.89–2.41) 0.13
Trails B - Total Errors 1.05 (1.00–1.09) 0.04 1.04 (1.03–1.05)** <0.0001 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 0.76 0.97 (0.73–1.28) 0.82 1.18 (0.75–1.86) 0.48 1.05 (0.83–1.34) 0.68 1.14 (0.70–1.84) 0.60
Trails B - No. of Penlifts 1.04 (1.00–1.09) 0.05 1.06 (1.05–1.07) <0.0001 1.06 (0.85–1.32) 0.64 0.99 (0.73–1.34) 0.95 1.23 (0.76–1.96) 0.40 1.23 (0.96–1.57) 0.11 0.94 (0.57–1.54) 0.80
Trails B - Early Start (Y vs. N) 0.93 (0.84–1.01) 0.09 1.05 (1.02–1.07) 0.0001 1.05 (0.70–1.57) 0.82 1.14 (0.66–1.98) 0.64 0.57 (0.20–1.62) 0.29 1.04 (0.66–1.62) 0.88 0.72 (0.28–1.88) 0.51
DS-B - Capacity Score 1.05 (1.00–1.09) 0.03 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 0.70 0.93 (0.75–1.16) 0.32 0.96 (0.71–1.29) 0.77 1.23 (0.76–1.98) 0.41 1.03 (0.80–1.33) 0.82 1.09 (0.66–1.80) 0.74
DS-B - % Total Errors 1.05 (1.01–1.10) 0.02 1.00 (0.99–1.02) 0.62 0.84 (0.66–1.07) 0.15 1.07 (0.78–1.48) 0.66 1.28 (0.76–2.14) 0.35 1.03 (0.78–1.35) 0.86 1.22 (0.72–2.08) 0.46
DS-B - % Sequencing Errors 1.02 (0.98–1.06) 0.35 1.00 (0.98–1.01) 0.50 0.85 (0.68–1.05) 0.13 1.07 (0.80–1.42) 0.67 0.69 (0.41–1.17) 0.17 1.08 (0.84–1.39) 0.57 0.90 (0.54–1.51) 0.70

Abbreviations: FSRP = Framingham Stroke Risk Profile; CVD = cardiovascular disease; OR = odds ratio; CI=confidence interval, DS-B = Digit Span Backwards

All models are adjusted for age, sex, education group (<high school degree, high school degree, college degree, >college degree), and time between risk factor measurement and neuropsychological testing.

Difference between DS-B total and error response score

*

Interaction with APOE4 genotype p<0.05

**

Interaction with APOE4 genotype p<0.05